This ambient piece uses mostly sampled piano sounds that have been digitally stretched. The title is a Dutch proverb reminding us that everything is easier when you have help. A 15th-century wood carving illustrating the proverb is found on a choir seat ("misericord") in Amsterdam's Oude Kerk, a place that is connected for me to some of the musical material. The opening track of the album The World Above Us.

If you’re not thinking while you listen to Paragaté’s new release, Stillness in the Mirror, then chances are you’re not actually listening. Doing so in a Paragaté release is not a passive activity; it’s just not designed that way.

...creating soundworlds that are awash with a sense of light and clarity...I don’t think that even conventionally inclined listeners will need to work too hard to hear the beauty in this intelligent and involving album.

Announcing the new Paragaté album Stillness in the Mirror, released today by Auraltone Music. The album contains music by Tim Risher, Tom DePlonty, and Claus Gahrn, and is available for purchase at Bandcamp in a variety of download formats.

Dedicated to Jeanette LeBlanc, the title is the English translation of the Tibetan word dorje: Indra's weapon, a thunderbolt, an indestructible diamond, a symbol of the immutable essence of reality. On the album Stillness in the Mirror.